[genewitch]

thanks for linking that leetcode link; the entire time i've been reading about it i thought it was a separate programming language used for these "challenges" at workplaces. I'm not a programmer by trade so i was surprised to see python is usable, too.

Sorry for asking you (i'm not, just shouting into the ethernet) - when people say they take a few months off to "grind leetcode" do they just go through the problems on that site? When an employer issues a challenge it's going to be exactly worded as when you practiced? like, the potential employer in your experience gave you that URL and said "go"?

[lentil_soup]

Not OP but yeah, they mean to work your way through the problems there and yes most "normal" languages are fine, python, js, C, java, etc.

In my experience they won't just give you an URL, it'll just be a problem in the style of the ones there. Thing is, once you've done a few of them you'll see that there's only a set of algorithms that usually apply. The setting and input will vary but in the end you can reduce it to a known algorithm or technic so it's more about finding which one fits and can solve the problem